Indicator for vehicles.



W. HU'C'HSON, Sn.

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ne PATENT "WILLAM F. HUTCHISON, SR., OF FORT "WORTH, TEXAS. ASSIGNOB lFONE-THIRD "JO JOE LPLESCIA AND ONE-THIRD 'IO CECIL 0. HUTCHISON, BOTH'GFFLEET WGRllH,

TEXAS.

INDICATOR FOR VEHICLES.

Application led April l1, 1916.

To all whom t may concer/t:

Be it lknown that VVILIJAM F. llU'rCH- leon. Sr., a citir/.ei'i ot theUnited States, residing' at Fort lVorth, in the county of Tarrant andStute of Terras, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inIndicators for Vehicles, of which the followingis a specification.

illy-invention relates to indicators and more particularly to indicatorsfor moving vehicles and the object is to provide a simple andinexpensive indicator which can be easily operated and to provide adevice for preventing accidents and to avoid danger. il. person using anautomobile is required to give some sign when he is going' to st op ormalte aturn. This done usually wlth the hand. The object of thisinvention is to provide a device to take the place ot the hand and whichwill be much more ellcient than the hand and which can he used where thehand cannot he used. The advantage is that the person using the vehiclecan operate a sign on either side of the vehicle with very littleelliort and attention.. @ther objects and advantages will'be fullyexplained in the following description and the invention will he moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which torni a part ot thisapplication.

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic. elevation oit the improved indicator setforth herein. Fig. 2 an elevation of one of the indicators, showing indetail the operatmpj1 mechanism. Figi". is a diagrammatic view of themake and break contacts.

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Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same partsthroughout the several views.

indicators are set forth lierein which can 4he mounted. one on eachside, of a. vehicle. Casinos 1 and 2 are provided to contain theiudicliitors and their operating1 mechanism. l`hese casinos are to heattached to the ve hicle in any suitable manner and in any desirableposition. Pnsh'louttons 3 and 4 are provided ttor operating "theilnlicators and these push buttons can he placed near the seat oi? thedriver or clraulieur. battery 5 may he located at any desirableposition. A solenoid G is located in each casing 1 and The solenoid isprovided with the usual Specification of Letters Fatent.

Patented Dec. Btl, Serial No. 90,37l.

plunger armature 7. A.. standard i is mounted on and made rigid with thesole noid casing. A block lever 9 is fulcrumed on the standard 8. A linkbar is pivotally connected to the plunger armature i and to they blocklever E). A tubular varm l0 is made rigid with the lever 9 and a lampsocket 12 for electric lamp 11 is attached to the arm 10. Contacts 13,which may he of spring metal, are attached to the lever 9 which shouldbe of some non-conducting` material. lVires 1-1 are attached 'to thesecontacts 1B and run through the lever 9 und through the arm andconnected to ,the socket l2 in the usual n'ianner of making electricalconnection with lamp sockets.

fires and 16 are electrically connected with the battery 5 and to thesolenoid 5 for energizing the solenoid. Wires 17 and 18 are connected tothe wires l5 and 16 respectively and extended upwardly and into thestainlard 8 and electrically connected to contacts 19 which are attachedto the stand ard 8. A collar 20 is attached to the socket 12 for thepurpose of attaching a globe 21 vtor protectingl the lamp 11. Theglolo'e ,21 is preferably made in the form of a hand which can beplainly seen in the dark or yin the light. Duplicate mechanism ismounted in the casing 2 and wires 22 and Q3 are connected respectivelywith wires 15 and 1G 'lor the solenoid G in casing 2 and. wires A andare connected to wires F22 and respectively for the light circuit ineasing: 2. The casing' l may he rnountl-:d on one side of the vehicleand the casing El mounted ou the other side ot the vehicle. Variouschanges in the sizes, proportions and arrangements ot the several partsot the mechanism her ,in shown may be made without departing from myinvention.

The operation is as follows: Pressure on the button 3 will energize thesolenoid 5. The armature 7 will he d awn down into the solenoid and bymeans of the linlr loar 26;. the lever Q will he drawn down until thecontacts 13 are brought against the contacts l0 which action will closethe circuit `for the lamp 11. At the Sametime, the arm 10 will he thrownto a suhstantially horinontal position., as indicated'in Fig. 1. l ustas the arm 1() 'reaches the horizontal position. the circuit is closedby the contacts and the lamp ll is illuminated. As soon as the litillltl l. imL indiczioi for veiiicless Comprising soianoid, a standzud onsaid soenoi, a. housing ffm said Solenoid and saic smudard, a' leverulciumed @n said standard. :1115i adapted to Swingin@ mid out of saidhousing, a Limp carried. mi one and of said leve-i' and contacts carriemi the @they and there- Qf, cop'emiuing Contacts iuouiied on saidstandard, a. lamp eiisui Consisting of Wim-vs in part carried by saidlever imei conuectm to the lamp :uid to the Contacs ou Said iwal" and inpalt'cmiied 'by Said standai'damd connecte to the contacts on. saidstandard, a movable armatm@ :for Sain so'oiioi and i link-bar pivotaiyconnected to Said aufma- :i housing, :i solend EXP/diy mounted tha@-iii, a fiamme of electricity, ele/chiami conneciion oit' said lenoidwith said smi mi eecliciy, a movable m'mzzftuie op@ said solenoid, :iSzuidzu'd rigid w ,L sonoid, a, block pivqted on Said smmluif, a pail'of Contact@ cui ied by said bloi, a 11113111111' arm carried by saidNouk mhipted to swing' into and out OTE said houfiiig, signaling devicesConsisting of hand mi'iaci by saidA mim and a lamp carried by Said hand,wires Connecting; said lamp ami sai contacts a pair of contacs mmmted onsaid standard and eicvicaliy connected Wi'h said source ofelecti'iciizy? and :L .link-bar pifotnlly connected t@ Said bkick sindto sai@ arma-turezmd ad; it-d to draw the contacts ou said block int@fbiectrical connection with be Conacts mi said Standaid and mw ssiifhand into signaling position.

in testimony Wheieof, I Satin? hand Chis Sth ay of April, 1916.

VVLLAM HUTCHXSN, SR.

